It was reported that the procedure was to treat mildly calcified, mildly tortuous left anterior descending (lad) coronary artery.The lesion was going to be pre-dilated and the indeflator was connected to the balloon dilatation catheter (bdc).During inflation, the display of the indeflator was delayed in showing the pressure measurement.The device was replaced with a new indeflator and the procedure was successfully completed.There were no adverse patient effects and there was no reported clinically significant delay in the procedure.No additional information was provided.
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The device was returned for analysis.The reported break gauge was unable to be confirmed.A review of the lot history record identified no manufacturing nonconformities issued to the reported lot that would have contributed to this event.Additionally, a review of the complaint history identified no other incidents from this lot.As the reported difficulties were unable to be confirmed during return analysis, the investigation determined a conclusive cause for the reported difficulties cannot be determined.There is no indication of a product quality issue with respect to manufacture, design or labeling.
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